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title: "New winter routes to Thailand: Virgin Atlantic to Phuket, LOT and Belavia to Bangkok"
description: "TAT lists three new services for the 2026-27 winter: Virgin Atlantic London Heathrow to Phuket three times a week, LOT Warsaw to Bangkok and Belavia Minsk to Bangkok."
url: https://bestofthailand.org/news/new-winter-flights-thailand-virgin-atlantic-phuket-lot-belavia-november-2026
locale: en
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# New winter routes to Thailand: Virgin Atlantic to Phuket, LOT and Belavia to Bangkok

Travel · November 4, 2026

[By Cesar Rodriguez](https://bestofthailand.org/author)Updated 4 November 2026

TAT lists three new services for the 2026-27 winter: Virgin Atlantic London Heathrow to Phuket three times a week, LOT Warsaw to Bangkok and Belavia Minsk to Bangkok.

![New winter routes to Thailand: Virgin Atlantic to Phuket, LOT and Belavia to Bangkok](https://bestofthailand.org/images/news-travel.jpg)

The Tourism Authority of Thailand named three new air services at World Travel Market in London on 4 November. Virgin Atlantic flies London Heathrow to Phuket three times a week this winter. LOT Polish Airlines runs Warsaw to Bangkok, and Belarus's Belavia flies Minsk to Bangkok, with a Phuket leg planned but not yet dated.

TAT did not give start dates or frequencies for the LOT and Belavia routes in the release; check the airlines' own timetables before booking. The same release says TAT expects more than 31 million foreign arrivals in 2026.

Two other dated items from the announcement: SOAR Ocean Club, a venue for marine activities and evening shows in Pattaya, is due to open this month, and Ultra Thailand, a trade event for luxury travel businesses, runs 20-24 June 2027 at the Four Seasons on the Chao Phraya.

Source: [TAT Newsroom](https://www.tatnews.org/2026/11/tat-unveils-2027-value-over-volume-strategy-at-wtm-london/). Summary written by Best of Thailand; read the original for the full report.

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